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People's Liberation Army
Air Force

Nanchang Xiangtang Airbase
28�23'N 115�50'E

This airfield, which is located well to the south of the city of Nanchang, is almost certainly a military airbase, since other civil operations are probably conducted from the primary dual-use Nanchang airfield.

Photographic Evaluation Report

High resolution imagery is available from three sources, including declassified CORONA imagery. Commercially available Russian 2-meter resolution KVR-1000 imagery is available via the SPIN-2 service on TerraServer. As of 01 May 2000 archival Space Imaging IKONOS 1-meter imagery available on the CARTERRA� Archive includes 9 scenes of the Nanchang area, acquired between 14 February 2000 and 04 April 2000. All of these scenes, however, have heavy cloud cover well in excess of the standard 20% threshold.

30 April 1972 - CORONA 1989 - SPIN-2
Imagery from TerraServer.com Copyright Aerial Images, Inc. and SOVINFORMSPUTNIK. Distribution and publishing in any form requires permission from Aerial Images, Inc.

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